portrait
a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: a gallery of family portraits.
a verbal picture or description, usually of a person: a biography that provides a fascinating portrait of an 18th-century rogue.
Digital Technology. relating to or producing vertical, upright orientation of computer or other digital output, with lines of data parallel to the two shorter sides of a page or screen. Compare landscape.: Compare landscape (def. 8).
Origin of portrait
1Other words from portrait
- por·trait·like, adjective
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How to use portrait in a sentence
The squabble was also immortalized in this incredibly awkward family portrait.
Solange Smacks Jay Z, Legolas Slaps Bieber, and the Biggest Celebrity Feuds of the Year | Amy Zimmerman | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA portrait of him was done once in which the collar point was made to sit in its proper place.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll of which makes David Freeman's portrait of Hitchcock in his final days all the more poignant.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe slow-motion jogs through the courtyard, paints his portrait, and carves his name into a tree.
Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Tay-Tay Scorned | Sujay Kumar | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was close to her father, who painted her a birthday portrait every year.
In Tussle Over Will, Mistress’s Family Takes a Bite Out of NYU | Anthony Haden-Guest | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Her best-known works are portrait busts, which are numerous.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementDaughter of Gustav Graf and wife of the portrait painter, Lepsius.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementThey are unique; that lady there is the Du Barry—a portrait worth, alone, six thousand francs.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuAny one may possess the portrait of a tragedian without exciting suspicion or comment.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe other was the spirited portrait of Baron von Friedericks, a happy combination of cavalier and soldier in its manly strength.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine Clement
British Dictionary definitions for portrait
/ (ˈpɔːtrɪt, -treɪt) /
a painting, drawing, sculpture, photograph, or other likeness of an individual, esp of the face
(as modifier): a portrait gallery
a verbal description or picture, esp of a person's character
printing (of a publication or an illustration in a publication) of greater height than width: Compare landscape (def. 5a)
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